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Antonio Celona

Italian priest (1873-1952)

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Born

13 April 1873

Vatican record

Died

15 October 1952

Vatican record

Venerable

5 June 2015

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

5 June 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)

Who they were

Catholic priest; born in Ganzirri; died in Ganzirri.

The miracles

No miracle approved yet

The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.

Why that counted as sanctity

Limited information available on this saint.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Wikidata Q50322967 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Not yet written up in full. The dates and the step marked “Vatican record” come from the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints; the rest comes from Wikidata and is not yet checked.